I stumbled across it Thursday night I can’t get it out of my mind. I’ve been back twice since that fateful evening. Real Brewing’s Lost Gold IPA is the object of my affection. Don’t go looking for it on their site. It’s not there. Like its name, It’s elusive, almost impossible to obtain. The description on the Opal Divine’s menu reads “Assertive, brewed with over 2lbs. of hops/barrel.” Amen. I love hoppy beers and the aroma wafting off a freshly poured glass of this stuff makes me feel like I’ve been rolling around in a field of hops with the same abandon that my dog reserves for fresh roadkill. If you dig beers like Stone IPA or Bitter End/B-Side’s Austin Pale Ale, then get ahold of some of this treasure before it goes away.
An e-mail to the folks at Real Brewing praising their beer and asking a few questions yielded a quick response from Gabriel with plenty of details. Read on after the jump to see what he said.
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